Certain core facts about Batman don't change much from incarnation to incarnation. You can pretty much always count on his parents being dead, his alter ego being a millionaire playboy, and his costume consisting of a dramatic cape and pointy bat ears. But the details change every time he launches a new comic book miniseries…
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The real Batman vs. Superman won't hit theaters for another two years, but while we wait comedian Pete Holmes offers his own vision for us to ponder. In his Batman vs. Superman, the Man of Steel proposes a team-up -- only for the Caped Crusader to shoot him down, dismissing him as "f***ing whitebread." The…
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You'd think an actor as popular, talented, and versatile as Tom Hanks would have his pick of the roles, and it's true he's had some interesting parts over the years. He's been a soldier, an astronaut, a cowboy, a ship captain, and an entertainment mogul. He has two Academy Awards, and three additional nominations on…
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For all the hand-wringing going on over the past few days, it'll be a couple of years yet before we find out whether the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman will actually destroy the Man of Steel sequel. That said, Zack Snyder's decision is already ruining Cranium games everywhere. A Reddit user reports that he very recently bought…
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Warner Bros. has chosen the new Batman, and his name is Ben Affleck. The studio has officially announced that Affleck will join Henry Cavill in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel sequel. After the failure of Daredevil, it seemed unthinkable that Affleck would ever tackle a major superhero movie again. And yet Warner Bros. not only wanted…
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It wasn't so long ago that Christian Bale donned those pointy Bat ears for the very last time. With a Batman vs. Superman movie now in the works, though, the time has come to recast the iconic superhero yet again. Last week, we got word that Warner Bros. was looking to cast an actor in…
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At last month's San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. announced their plans for a Batman vs. Superman film by reading a passage from Frank Miller's comic book classic The Dark Knight Returns. Judging by the deafening roar and frantic tweeting that followed, the news was a welcome shock for fans the world over. That includes Miller himself, who apparently…
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The news that Batman would appear opposite Superman in Zack Snyder's follow up to Man of Steel shook the movie community to its core Saturday morning. If you don't believe me, listen to the reaction here. Now that we know the movie is happening, the more specific questions can begin, such as casting and the title.…
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